An Ambridge man is facing charges after police said he punched a 12 year old child in his care.

The police report says 36 yr old Thaddeus Yohe punched the girl in the head. The investigation revealed Yohe had choked the child on a previous occasion.

Yohe has been charged with aggravated assault, strangulatiion, simple assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child.